Cohen, Manafort, Hunter, oh my: Donald Trump’s nightmare news day, explained
Tuesday was a ridiculous news day. Here’s everything that happened.Tuesday, August 21, 2018, is a day that will live in infamy — or, if not in infamy, at least in the minds and hearts of journalists and news junkies across America.
In very rapid succession, the day saw two major associates of President Donald Trump — Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen — found guilty of serious crimes carrying years-long prison sentences in federal court. It saw another Trump aide — Larry Kudlow — facing accusations that he palled around with a prominent white nationalist. It saw a major Trump ally in Congress indicted for spending hundreds of thousands of dollars in campaign money on personal expenses. And it ended with Trump giving a speech in Charleston, West Virginia that turned into an orgy of pointless digressions and threats to unravel NATO.
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https://www.vox.com/2018/8/21/17766146/michael-cohen-guilty-plea-paul-manafort-day-explained
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